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...prefects to maintain close relationships with their first-years. Barbara Eghan ’05 says that she is pretty sure that her prefects don’t even know her name. She suggests that “prefects live in freshman housing with no disciplinary authority. Their function would be better served and you’d get to know them better—having this kind of resource close at hand is especially crucial during the confusing time of freshman year.” This is actually the norm at most universities nationwide, but even close proximity...
Wiley and Harrison are currently scheduled to co-teach Biological Sciences 56, “Structure, Function and Physical Chemistry of Macromolecules,” in the spring...
...which Al Qaeda's core might flee. While the terror network is said to operate in 50 or 60 countries, its presence in most of these is small and covert. The organization's long-term future requires that it replace Afghanistan as a sanctuary in which it can function independently and unmolested to cultivate a new generation of professional terrorists. Those requirements considerably narrow the list - even if Iraq were to offer, accepting Saddam's hospitality would totally destroy Al Qaeda's independence and reduce it to the proxy of a man its leaders loathe. (Saddam, of course, would likely...
TWISTED The Origami, a "concept" (read unfinished) device from National Semiconductor, combines a removable digital video and still camera, MP3 player, videoconferencing terminal, cell phone, mini-keyboard, Windows PC and wireless Internet browser in a single plastic case the size of a paperback novel. It changes function by twisting into seemingly endless positions and should be available late next fall...
...years, the Ad Board has been criticized for not providing students with effective justice in serious disciplinary cases. When investigating an accusation of a disciplinary infraction that constitutes a serious criminal offense, an Ad Board subcommittee cannot function with the efficiency or the effectiveness of a court of law, and it should whenever possible defer its fact-finding role to the legal system. Unlike the Ad Board, courts have extensive resources to use in gathering evidence that the best efforts of a subcommittee of administrators could never equal. Courts obey recognized standards of due process, allow for the cross-examination...